Cases of fungal meningitis have reached 28 states, including Maryland, where 19 people have been sickened and one has died. The report came as Maryland health officials criticized the oversight of "compounding" facilities like the one in Massachusetts, which make specialized drugs.
"We don't want this to be another chapter in a book on compounding problems," said Maryland Health Secretary Joshua M. Sharfstein, who co-wrote an online article Friday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. "We want this to be the last chapter because it leads to a solution."
